Jimmy Gopperth is all alone this week at Oval Park.
The Leicester Tigers back has the rare distinction, among his teammates, of having experienced a Leinster Rugby changing room on a European matchday.
In a career that has seen the New Zealand-born back play at the highest level for two decades, Gopperth has played professional rugby in New Zealand, Ireland and England.
During his time in Ireland, he spent two seasons with the side Tigers will come up against on Friday night in the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals.
Speaking about his time with Leinster, he said: "I really enjoyed my time at Leinster and was fortunate enough to play some big games at the Aviva."
"It was always, and I am sure will be this weekend, a hell of an atmosphere in the stadium with the crowd Leinster get to games."
On the importance current crop of players at the Irish club, he added: "We know the kind of rugby they like to play, the style and brand of Leinster rugby that is short-passing, a lot of ball movement and we need to try and nulify that."
"There are quality players across their squad and it will be a big challenge, a great challenge and that is exciting.
"You can see the way they gel out on the field, given the amount of experience they have together having been playing alongside each other since high school and it's obvious in the way that they play."
Gopperth has featured in five of Leicester's most recent six games and, on the club's run of good form in the past few months, he said: "I think we know where we need to get to and what we are capable of, so working towards getting there."
"We are fighting for it, fighting for everything and a big credit to the coaching team is deserved because they are providing the tools we need to be able to go out and perform to our best ability.
"What we have done is convert the opportunities we have created and so need to continue to do that, we need to continue to trying to improve."
A statesman in the Leicester Tigers squad, Gopperth is no stranger to big games and believes Friday's is as big as it comes up against a "world class" outfit in Leinster Rugby in Dublin.
"You have to fight for the full 80 minutes in knockout games, you cannot lave anything out on the field and that's especially the case against a world class team like Leinster," said Gopperth.
"These are the games we all play rugby to try and be a part of, so it's exciting and we are just looking to keep trying to create memories together as a group."
